Cheltenham wrote:Of course not!If investigators did not assume the possibility of guilt in an investigation they would not get anywhere. How do you think police work is done? ---

But you will find that in every case that is brought the prosecution believes completely in the guilt of the accused

Monitoring the email of everyone then, is merely investigators assuming the possibility of guilt in everyone, according to this view. Police work is based on investigation of crime, based on evidence, not tossing everyone guilty or innocent, into the same pot in the hope that a bad guy will float to the top.

As for prosecutors believing in the guilt of the accused, that isn't always the case, anymore than the defense always believes in his innocence. Sometimes it's about winning the case.

Mike wrote:Aren't there laws against the idea of guilty until proven innocent?

Of course not!

If investigators did not assume the possibility of guilt in an investigation they would not get anywhere. How do you think police work is done?

The legal presumption of innocence until proven guilty applies to legal process in a court of law only. But you will find that in every case that is brought the prosecution believes completely in the guilt of the accused.

This news story deals with investigative powers not legal process in a court of law.

Don't forget

Mike wrote:Are you for real? The burden is on the accuser to show probable cause.

The conservative party when in opposition resisted the same labour plan but when in "power/office" a whole new story.If I may say, I wouldn`t believe a word any of them spoke, even if it were sworn on a stack of Bibles.